bell character

== English == === Alternative forms === ␇ (symbol) BEL (label) === Etymology === From bell +‎ character. === Noun === bell character (plural bell characters) (computing) A control character with the value seven (Unicode code point U+0007, ASCII 0x07), originally used to ring a bell on telegraphy equipment to alert the operator to an incoming message; on modern computers, generally causes a beep or buzzer to sound when printed to a terminal window, or may cause the terminal window to flash briefly.